Voroshilov probably did not know what Stalin wanted him to purge the rebellion, and he repeatedly stressed the need to deal with all counter-revolutionaries cleanly and thoroughly. But Voroshilov, a big stupid man, thought it was a good idea, and if the blame for the defeat was placed on the counter-revolutionaries, then wouldn't his responsibility be smaller?

This account can be counted by fools, and the greater the responsibility of the counter-revolutionaries, the less responsibility he Voroshilov will have. To be honest, at this time, Voroshilov's eyes almost lit up, and he felt that this was really a good idea to shirk responsibility.

Of course, this excitement was also a matter of moments, and soon Voroshilov was not happy. The reason is also very simple, that is, he does not know where to find the so-called counter-revolutionaries!

This is absolutely no joke, in this era when it was in full swing, the vast majority of the young people who joined the Red Army were well-off, and they were all ready to fight for the liberation of the proletariat in the whole world with revolutionary passion. It is not easy to find out among them the counter-revolution hidden within.

At least Voroshilov knew very well that he could not do this work, and he told Stalin with great frustration: "Comrade Joseph, I have no experience in the work of suppressing the rebellion, and I am afraid it will be difficult to find out the counter-revolutionaries hiding in our revolutionary ranks......"

Good fellow, these words made Stalin so angry that the second Buddha ascended to heaven, and immediately scolded: "Idiot, you can't find a real counter-revolution, can't you catch a fake counter-revolution!" ”

Voroshilov was stunned, he really didn't expect Stalin to throw such a sentence, which needs to be explained. Voroshilov in 1918 was not the one who had followed Stalin through the civil war. An old bastard with blood on his hands.

Voroshilov at the moment is still politically naïve. He really didn't fully grasp the vicious means of attacking dissidents. Even, this product still has a little revolutionary conscience, a little naïve. So when Stalin made this shocking argument, he was stunned.

What does it mean that the real counter-revolution cannot be found, and the fake counter-revolution cannot be caught? To put it bluntly, that is, to find a few random substitutes for the dead ghosts. This was a little beyond Voroshilov's knowledge, and even the fool stammered and asked: "Comrade Joseph." Isn't that right? ”

If it weren't for the telephone line, Stalin would have had the heart to smoke with a big mouth, you idiot, you don't know what political struggle is, and you don't know what it means to destroy people for their own sake. Lao Tzu showed you a clear way, and you kid dared to question me in turn!

"If you feel bad, then you should take all the responsibility yourself and admit your mistakes to the central government!" Stalin roared.

Voroshilov swallowed and foamed at the mouth with difficulty, he had a little intention of fighting between heaven and man, whether to admit his mistake or find a substitute for the dead ghost?

Voroshilov was never a self-sacrificing man. After a brief reflection, he resolutely discarded the idea of admitting his mistake. He also wants to have a great future. He also wants to make contributions, since the February Revolution, he has seen countless old revolutionaries who have lost power, and once he falls from that position, it will really be a tiger falling into Pingyang and being bullied by dogs.

Voroshilov didn't want to be a dead dog, so he resolutely threw away the last bit of discipline, "Comrade Joseph, you are so right. The defeat of Lugansk was due to the sabotage of the counter-revolutionaries, for which they must be fully responsible! At present, the only effective and correct way to save the revolution and restore the situation is to eliminate these counter-revolutionary dregs! ”

Stalin sneered in his heart, and Voroshilov's decision was completely unexpected for him to make the last decision. He has long seen through this stupid big man, that guy has never been a revolutionary who really has a position, ideals and can adhere to principles, and for the sake of his position, he will give up the most basic conscience and discipline of mankind. And as soon as the guy made such a choice, Stalin knew that he would have complete control over this stupid big man.

This state of affairs satisfied Stalin completely, and from now on Voroshilov would no longer be a man, but only a dog under his command. Thinking of this, Stalin couldn't help but rejoice again, maybe Voroshilov's fiasco was indeed a bad thing for the Bolsheviks, but for him Stalin, it might be a good thing.

From now on, Voroshilov will obey him, and it will be worth it to harvest such a loyal dog at a small price! Even, Stalin thought that he could reap more benefits, and it seemed that he could encourage Voroshilov to take the next step!

Stalin asked in a nonchalant tone: "Comrade Klimant, I am glad that you have awakened in time, especially that you have discovered the destructive effect of the counter-revolutionaries in time, which is extremely valuable!" At present, the most dangerous enemies facing our Party, our revolution, are not the Socialist-Revolutionaries, the Mensheviks, the Cadets, and their bandit troops! These enemies standing in the open are nothing at all! ”

Stalin abruptly increased his tone and said firmly in an unquestionable tone: "Our real enemies are the counter-revolutionaries who skillfully disguise themselves and wait for an opportunity to infiltrate and infiltrate our party organizations!" They have a tenfold or a hundredfold destructive effect on the revolution and our Party than on the enemies who stand in the open! ”

Speaking of this, Stalin had a little bit of a heartache: "The most terrible thing is that many of our comrades have not realized this, they have been deceived and deceived by the disguise of the counter-revolutionaries, and they are gradually embarking on the road of counter-revolution!" In this regard, we, who are sober-minded people, must take action and do something, so that we can save the party and save the revolution! ”

At the end of the day, Stalin was almost hysterical, and seemed to believe that even he himself believed that the greatest enemy of the revolution was not the white bandits, but the so-called counter-revolutionaries in the party. Of course, the reason why he did this is definitely not the consciousness of "worrying about the country and the people", let alone a cognitive problem. Whatever a politician like him does, it can only be motivated by political interests, and this time is no exception.

But Voroshilov was not much of a politician. Although he did not quite believe Stalin's appalling rhetoric. But he understands one thing. In order to save his life and position, he had better do what Stalin wanted.

As a proactive man, Voroshilov hurriedly asked, "I very much agree with you, the work of purging the rebellion is urgent," and after a moment's pause, he asked cautiously, "But you know me." It is true that he is not good at anti-rebellion work and lacks experience in this area...... Can you show me a direction on where those despicable counter-revolutionary scum are hidden, and I can immediately start a targeted arrangement! ”

Stalin laughed, knowing that Voroshilov was finally "on the road", and finally asked the central question - what kind of people were the counter-revolutionaries.

For Stalin, his so-called counter-revolutionaries could only be one kind of person – his enemies, or more specifically, his political enemies. And now who are his political enemies of Stalin?

Outside of the Leninists, it must have been Trotsky. And within the Leninists, it was the power of Sverdlov. If you can. Stalin was more than willing to completely liquidate these two groups and exterminate them.

However, now that the Leninists are not in charge, there is a mentor there, and if he is clever enough, he should not want to trouble Sverdlov for the time being, because the first few bloody lessons are laid there!

So, for the time being, there was only one target he had to strike with all his might – Trotsky. Finding Lao To's stubble was not only a political necessity, but also a personal relation, and Stalin was incompatible with Trotsky. The two of them, Trotsky was funny and elegant, and he was handsome and rich, while Stalin was coarse, and he was called a big old man, and he could only be regarded as a dick.

Whenever Stalin stood with Trotsky, he felt awkward, as if Trotsky was Qiu Xiang, and he was nothing more than the pomegranate sister who set off Qiu Xiang's beauty. Any dick has the psychology of hating Gao Shuai and rich. And Stalin's psychology was already more distorted, so his dark side was even more terrifying.

That is to say, his hatred and disgust for Trotsky had become a psychological need, and he desperately wanted to trample this handsome man under his feet, so that he could be comfortable and happy.

Moreover, by knocking out Trotsky, Stalin would not only win psychological comfort, but also politically he would gain unprecedented advantages. Now Lenin's attitude is basically clear, between him and Sverdlov, whoever can defeat Trotsky alone will be his successor!

Stalin felt that he had found an opportunity to defeat Trotsky, and that if he made a big fuss about the counter-revolutionaries, he would be able to bring down and stink Trotsky!

"Personally, I think it is necessary to put question marks on those old soldiers and old intellectuals!" Stalin said coldly, "Most of these people came from the exploiting class, and even some of them were old aristocrats, and the living environment and education they received from childhood were all exploitative...... How can we believe that they will easily change their innate ideas and genuinely stand on the side of the proletariat? ”

Although Stalin's words were said slowly, Voroshilov on the other end of the telephone line was in a cold sweat, he already knew what the steel was going to do, or he knew who the steel was going to target!

Trotsky was the only one who had always spoken good things about the old officers and intellectuals in the party, and now the steel instigated him to shoot at the old officers, and that was not for the old ones!

Voroshilov swallowed and spit, he knew too well what Trotsky was and how powerful he was, he was a well-deserved number two person in the party, and now he Voroshilov was not even a member of the Central Committee, so what could he do to fight with the number two person in the Politburo?

Voroshilov was inevitably scared, he was reckless but not stupid, he was not stupid to mine for Stalin!

"Comrade Joseph, the tactics of appointing old officers were the decision of the Central Committee. At this time, the decision of the Central Committee to openly oppose it seems to ...... Doesn't seem like that's quite right? ”

Stalin, of course, also knew what Voroshilov was worried about, and he laughed and said: "I didn't let you go against the policy of appointing old officers!" But appointing them does not mean that we have to trust them, nor does it mean that we have to turn a blind eye to the counter-revolutionaries and counter-revolutionary acts among them, right? We are fighting against the counter-revolutionaries, what is the conflict with the policy of this central government? ”

Voroshilov was somewhat speechless. That said, though, makes sense. But fools know that this is not yang and yin? In case Trotsky went crazy and pursued it. Who will help him carry this black cauldron?

Even though Stalin could not see Voroshilov, he was well aware of his psychological activities, and he put away his smile and reminded him with a hidden needle: "Comrade Klimant, I personally hope that you will do a good job in suppressing the rebellion as soon as possible, and you must thoroughly eradicate the counter-revolutionaries hidden in our army...... Time waits for no one, and Comrade Trotsky's opinion of you at the meeting today is very great. It has been more than once a strong demand that you be held accountable...... I can say good things for you for a while, but the pressure exerted by Comrade Trotsky is very great...... If you can't make achievements quickly and reverse the passive situation, I'm afraid that even I won't be able to intercede for you at that time! ”

Voroshilov's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, he already understood Stalin's meaning perfectly, and there were not many options left for him, either he did what Stalin wanted, or he waited for Trotsky to settle the score. Other than that, there is no third way to go!

To say that Voroshilov is not angry is true, he feels that he has only lost a battle. Did Trotsky hold on to him? You are such a big man, can you raise your noble hand and leave a way out!

If let Stalin tell Voroshilov. Steel is afraid that he will say, "Who made your boy lose the battle?" One misstep becomes a thousand years of hatred, if you keep Luhansk, as for being so passive? This is your life, admit it! ”

Voroshilov seems to have only one choice, to help Stalin fight Trotsky, if he can win, then there is a way to live, and he may even soar. And if nothing had been done, I am afraid that Trotsky would not have spared him either. Sticking out the head is also a knife and shrinking the head, and the manly man is a dead ball!

Trotsky could never have imagined that his attack on Voroshilov would have the opposite effect, and he would completely force Voroshilov to Stalin's side, leaving him completely free to die with him.

However, he can only blame himself, he has never shown mercy to his subordinates in politics, and would rather cut off one finger than hurt ten fingers when dealing with enemies. And Trotsky did such a stupid thing, attacking Voroshilov and making a fuss about that stupid big man, and it was not at all wrong, and this was indeed a good move that made the Leninists very uncomfortable.

However, for this good move to be successful, it must be a clean and complete kill of Voroshilov and end the political life of that thing. And not now it seems to have made Voroshilov a mess, but in reality there are no fatal wounds. Once he relieves his strength, he will inevitably fight back tenfold and hundredfold, at least he will fight you to the end thoroughly.

It must be said that Trotsky made too many similar mistakes, and each time he could not completely solve his political opponents, and when his enemies were united, then his time of death would come.

For example, now, Voroshilov has not completely recovered his strength, and he is ready to stab him hard. By Stalin's orders, the old officers Trotsky sent to the Tenth Army would be mercilessly attacked, and a counter-Trotsky upsurge would be set off by means of steel.

And this is exactly what Stalin wanted to do with Voroshilov's hand, and as long as he started it, he could make a lot of political gains.

For example, first of all, it is possible to strike at Trotsky. The policy of appointing old officers was proposed by Trotsky. If a large number of counter-revolutionaries had appeared among the old officers, then this policy would undoubtedly have been problematic and wrong. As a direct party, Trotsky, who proposed this policy, was naturally duty-bound!

Not only that, but even Stalin could make a big fuss about it, which could have sublimated Trotsky's "mistakes" to another level - did Trotsky make mistakes objectively, or did he make mistakes in supervisors?

There is no doubt that objectively making mistakes is less severe, and if Trotsky had to choose one of the two mistakes, he would also choose to make an objective mistake, and he would certainly be willing to say that he was deceived.

The nature of subjective mistakes is completely different, and it becomes Trotsky's deliberate appointment of counter-revolutionaries in an attempt to subvert the power of the proletariat. Then he is a traitor, a counter-revolution at all!

And Stalin undoubtedly liked this result the most, and only a mistake of this magnitude could make Trotsky useless.

This is the first benefit, and secondly, it is Dzerzhinsky and Li Xiaofeng who are responsible for screening old officers. If something goes wrong with the old officers who came to work, will they be able to get away with the blame?

Of course, Stalin will not talk about this for a while, after all, it will be very troublesome to deal with one Trotsky, and to find Dzerzhinsky and Sverdlov at the same time is to find death.

All he wanted to do was to make such an impression in the party that only after Trotsky had been dealt with would he let the problem ferment sufficiently against Dzerzhinsky and Sverdlov.

The third, and most direct benefit, is to help Voroshilov wipe his ass and help him get rid of the responsibility for failure. Although it was Voroshilov who made the mistake, it was Stalin who recommended this goods to work, and he was jointly and severally liable no matter what. Stalin didn't want to leave pigtails for his political opponents to catch.

However, it is not so easy to reap these benefits, and I am afraid that it is a very long-term process, which must go through a long period of propaganda and agitation and careful operation. Of course, the most important thing is to find an opportunity to take the first step in the plan, if you don't take this step, the rest will be empty talk.

Therefore, Stalin will make Voroshilov submit with both soft and hard measures. Voroshilov took this step, which is equivalent to a signal, a seed. As long as Stalin amplifies the signal and waters the seeds here, the antagonism between the old and proletarian officers in the army will be established. Even if he could not fully achieve his goal of bringing down Trotsky, Stalin would have gained a large number of supporters in the army!

After the education of the October Revolution, Stalin clearly realized that only with a gun can he have a voice, and if he could firmly grasp the barrel of a gun, Trotsky would be nothing at all, not even Sverdlov! (To be continued......)

PS: Bow again and thank you for the second kill Comrade Potato!